Any way for this?
I don't think that's possible.
The only way to do it will be manually I guess. After you tap (enlarge) on a friend's pic on WhatsApp, the image is stored in the WhatsApp/Profile Pics folder in your sdcard. Open that image and set it as the contact image.
I don't think auto syncing from WhatsApp to Contacts is implemented yet. Can't even think of a 3rd party app doing so.
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I have my phone set up to link with Facebook profiles, but for some contacts I have chosen to use the phone picture instead of the Facebook one as the contact photo, this works fine for all my contacts set up like this except one, after a while the phone keeps changing back to using the Facebook photo on its own...
Anyone else seen this?
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Still have this problem after a hard reset, same contact, photo keeps being changed back to the facebook profile photo randomly after I've changed it to the one stored in the phone, seems to happen after a couple of hours each time, all other contacts where I have the phone photo rather than the fb one are fine.
Also, the "default action" for contacts (e.g. call mobile, landline etc.) seems to be frequently forgotten for contacts in general.
Anyone?
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If the contact is linked to their FB account I believe this takes priority over anything else. You'd have break the account link to use another picture
No, that's not the case, you can choose which picture you want to use, click on the word "linked" at the top of the contact's info then you can choose which info you want to use in "people"
There is a dropdown next to the photo where you choose and also next to the name (because sometimes the name in your phone and on fb aren't the same you can choose which you want displayed)
I use the phone photo in this way for around 10 contacts in preference to their fb one, and it works just fine, just not for this one contact, the setting never seems to "stick"
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Can't help you, I just use the FB ones. If I wanna use my own I remove the FB link
Still no solution?
I know it's an old thread but this thing is ridiculously annoying!! It is not related to FB linked contacts exclusively. It also happens with phone contacts that are linked to Google contacts. Their pictures change "sometimes" no matter if contact auto synch is enabled or not. And I haven't been able to define a pattern when this annoyance occurs.
I also think this could be something related to Google since my friend have the same problem with Samsung Galaxy S.
Does anyone have any information how to solve this without breaking the links?
Has anyone else noticed that you cannot change the contact photo for contacts synced with facebook? In Android 2.1 I could chose to use my google contacts photo or facebook photo or choose a new photo for anyone in my contacts, but alas now I can't seem to do that anymore. I can change the google contact photo but the facebook photo still supercedes it in the people list and when it comes up during a call.
Anyone else have this problem? Any workarounds for it?
Hack your friends' FB page?
I'm able to choose the Google photo as the default, yet once I close out of contacts and re-open them, the Facebook photo has automatically become default once again...
ethanol7 said:
Has anyone else noticed that you cannot change the contact photo for contacts synced with facebook? In Android 2.1 I could chose to use my google contacts photo or facebook photo or choose a new photo for anyone in my contacts, but alas now I can't seem to do that anymore. I can change the google contact photo but the facebook photo still supercedes it in the people list and when it comes up during a call.
Anyone else have this problem? Any workarounds for it?
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i don't know about the sense contacts app. it seems to have no problems in CM6.
ethanol7 said:
Has anyone else noticed that you cannot change the contact photo for contacts synced with facebook? In Android 2.1 I could chose to use my google contacts photo or facebook photo or choose a new photo for anyone in my contacts, but alas now I can't seem to do that anymore. I can change the google contact photo but the facebook photo still supercedes it in the people list and when it comes up during a call.
Anyone else have this problem? Any workarounds for it?
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I do not have this problem (Running Stock OTA 2.2 odexed with ROOT). I can go into contacts select a contact and then hit menu/link then tap the picture on the top and I get a menu with these options. Gallery, Camera, Google, and Facebook. What ROM are you using, maybe do another wipe and reinstall.
I also have stock rooted. I'm getting the no Mic in keyboard as well. Some have said the restoring system data after flashing could be the cause. So maybe a flash could fix both issues. I'll try that and see how it works.
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not sure if this is what you're talking about
it took me a while to figure this out but (if this is what you're talking about)...
i have the epic 4g with android 2.1.
select contact, select menu, select edit, select on picture, select 'from gallery', select photo.
if the above doesn't work, go to people and click on the "link" button in the top right, from there you should be able to select a default picture for the contact
I also have the same problem; I have 2.2 Original Andriod from HTC Desire; I change the picture with no problems; but a few minutes later, the picture returns back to the default facebook one !!!
i am really struggling here, and have a head ache.
all i want (mainly so it looks nice) is for the facebook image of my contacts to show up in the messages.
I have facebook for HTC sense and the facebook app.
i think from memory, i have the sense version set to update with all contacts, and the app is not set to sync anything,
i have tried different options, syncing all, none, using the app instead, and for some reason only a 2 people have an image, the rest dont - is it down to how i link contacts in the people app?
what is the step by step guide to linking contacts and having the image appear?
thanks in advance
just turn on auto sync.....and use HTC sense facebook for syncing.......dont use ordinary face book....while you login tick sync all only for sense facebook.....tick no sync for ordinary face book.......it will help you to get rid off 2 facebooks from people profile and get back people pictures.............................
I have the same problem. The facebook statuses update fine, and the pictures themselves update because when someone calls me the picture shows up then. It just doesn't update the image in the people and messages apps. Very annoying.
Hey guys,
Is anyone else experiencing Facebook status updates not automatically updating within the People app?
I'm displaying my Google Contacts but have linked the contacts with their FB profile within the app. It shows a status update they've made but doesnt update anymore to their latest status.
This seems to have only cropped up since I did a factory reset on the HOX.
I've gone through Accounts & Sync & manually sync'd but no change.
Trivial issue I know, but just wanted to know if anyone else experiencing the same?
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Hey guys,
Is anyone else experiencing Facebook status updates not automatically updating within the People app?
I'm displaying my Google Contacts but have linked the contacts with their FB profile within the app. It shows a status update they've made but doesnt update anymore to their latest status.
This seems to have only cropped up since I did a factory reset on the HOX.
I've gone through Accounts & Sync & manually sync'd but no change.
Trivial issue I know, but just wanted to know if anyone else experiencing the same?
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Yes. I have the same setup as you it seems. Just done a hard reset due to other reasons and tried from the stock FB app and then via the latest FB app with no luck - some feeds/updates are not updating,
I'm experiencing a lot of frustration with FB and syncing. The sync works ok after some manual linking and I receive updated photo's for most of my contacts however, what I don't like is, if you have any of the two sync options selected when you create the FB sync account ('sync all' or sync with existing contacts') then ALL your facebook contacts appear in your phone list/dialler and messages drop down, regardless if you have FB shown as an active/viewable account under 'People' or not. The only way to get rid of this it seems is to delete the FB app or use a Android dialler (which has the ability to filter which accounts/contacts you can see) instead of the HTC dialler.
To me this isetup is frustrating and I cannot seem to find a simple workaround. Someone did mention on another forum to uninstall the FB app, clear the app data/cache then reinstall the app selecting 'don't sync' and then use a third party app to get the photos, such as SyncMyPix however this obviously won't sync the updates/feeds that some people like.
For the time being I am not going to be syncing FB contacts until I find a workaround.
You can buy HaxSync off the play store if you want to sync your Facebook account with your contacts
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You can buy HaxSync off the play store if you want to sync your Facebook account with your contacts
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Appreciate you can get alternative 3rd party apps however this shouldn't be required. The Facebook/Google integration needs to be a lot sleeker so there isn't a need to download and use additional apps...
It used to be a lot sleeker but I think google & facebook had an argument over data rights and google just stopped syncing data with facebook.
Hi guys. I am loving my ZenWatch. The only issue I'm having is a blank contact photo for incoming calls. Does Android Wear only display Google+ contact photos? Most of my contacts have a Facebook contact photo. Of course the picture is displayed properly on my HTC One M8 phone, but on my watch it's always blank. Is there any way to correct this?
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HTC have tended to use their own contact system on top of stock Android (linking contacts together, pulling photos from various sources). However, this data extra isn't saved to your Google contacts (except for some META data in contact notes).
I'm assuming that Wear gets its info from your Gmail contact details, so you need to have photos stored in there. I'm guessing slightly here, but when I moved from an HTC One to a Nexus 5 it was the largest sacrifice of leaving HTC. I had to manually add photos to all of my Google contacts (although there are some desktop utilities that can do it for you).
In short, if a contact is a Google+ Member, it will use that photo, otherwise it will use the photo stored in your Gmail account's contact entry (I think).
I know it's a pain, but the desktop utility I used asked for my Facebook login, Gmail login and then listed all of my contacts on both. I could link them together, press go and it pulled all of the Facebook photos and stored them with the Google account.
You only really have to do it once, and once it's done it's done. The plus side is that you can choose what photos you use for people, and you're not confused if you've got a friend that changes their profile pic several times a day.
You could do it manually on the desktop by logging into Gmail, selecting the contacts section, opening a Contact and adding a photo. I needed to do this for a couple, since their FB profile pics were too weird.
I'm guessing bits here, but I think I'm fairly spot on. Others may have quicker/easier ways of doing this, but I can dig out the app if you like. If this doesn't make sense, let me know since I'm typing in a hurry. I did like the Account merging facilities in HTC.
HaxSync
I found a very easy way to fix this. I installed HaxSync from the Play Store and this amazing app solved the blank contact photo for incoming calls on my smartwatch. I'm sure it's way easier than manually assigning pictures to the contacts. I'm a very happy camper.
mhajii210
I've noticed that mine will display the generic contact photo for a second or 2 after I receive a call. The saved contact photo shows up after about the 2nd ring or so. If yours is operating the same as mine, perhaps you're just answering the phone before the photo is sent to the watch.